Marius de Vries

List of Marius de Vries' equipment, from the September 1998 issue of Sound on Sound:

DRUM MODULES

Yamaha RM50

"The thunder sound on the track 'Glasgow' on Craig Armstrong's CD is from the Matrix 12. It's actually a preset. I think that synthesizer is still rare enough for me to be able to get away with using presets. When I first went down to Syco 15 years ago and tried out a Matrix 12 it was definitely the thing I most wanted in the world, and more than anything it was that thunder sound that sold it to me. It is one of those keyboards that I use on almost every record. I first saw it when I was probably 20‑21 and just starting out as a keyboard player. At the time it represented the absolute Rolls Royce of synthesizers. There was no comparison, and to many people it still is the best analogue synthesizer ever made. For a non‑modular system it is extremely deep, the modulation technology on it is extremely complex. The sound of it is glorious, it has the best filters and the best oscillators. They are very sophisticated filters for the time — you get notch filters and phase filters and comb filters, and all that back in the days when normally you would have been lucky to get more than one resonant low pass filter. So for all those reasons, and also the multitimbrality of it, it was a revolutionary thing at the time."

"Keyboard‑wise, favourites are the Nord Lead and the JP8000 and some of the old dinosaurs that I still carry around like the Oberheim Matrix 12, which is an important instrument for me. I have been playing with the Yamaha VL1 a lot recently, I do not know whether that is a passing phase, but it's really good fun. Good training for the lungs as well, because it is all breath‑control driven. The Kurzweil K2000 is also important. It's nice because it reads your Akai samples and it is also a little bit more deep as a synthesizer than the Akai sampling devices. Those are the things that stand out."

"Keyboard‑wise, favourites are the Nord Lead and the JP8000 and some of the old dinosaurs that I still carry around like the Oberheim Matrix 12, which is an important instrument for me. I have been playing with the Yamaha VL1 a lot recently, I do not know whether that is a passing phase, but it's really good fun. Good training for the lungs as well, because it is all breath‑control driven. The Kurzweil K2000 is also important. It's nice because it reads your Akai samples and it is also a little bit more deep as a synthesizer than the Akai sampling devices. Those are the things that stand out."

KEYBOARDS/SYNTHS

ARP 2600 EMS Synthi A Emu Morpheus Emu Vintage Keys (x2) Korg 01R/W Kurzweil K2000 Nord Lead rack Oberheim Matrix 12 OSC OSCar Roland MKS50 Roland JV1080 Roland MKS80 Super Jupiter (+ MPG80 programmer) Roland MKS900 Roland JP8000 Studio Electronics MIDI Moog Yamaha VL1 Yamaha SY77

RECORDING

Alesis Quadraverb GT multi‑effects Alesis Quadraverb multi‑effects Alesis 3630 compressor Eventide DSP4000 harmony processor Mutronics Mutator compressor Roland SDE3000A digital delay Soundtracs Solo Midi 32‑channel desk Tascam DA30 DAT recorder TC Electronics Fireworx multi‑effects Yamaha DMP7 submixer (x2) Yamaha MV802 mixer Yamaha REV7 reverb unit Yamaha SPX500 multi‑effects

Marius de Vries, a renowned composer and music producer, is confirmed to use the Eventide DSP4000 UltraHarmonizer as part of his recording setup. This information is supported by a detailed feature on de Vries' work and equipment preferences published by Soundonsound, in an article titled "MARIUS DE VRIES: Launching A Massive Attack On Madonna." The Eventide DSP4000 UltraHarmonizer is listed among other critical pieces of gear that contribute to his distinctive sound in studio recordings.

Marius de Vries, a renowned composer and music producer known for his work across various genres, utilizes the TC Electronic FireworX Multi Effect Processor as part of his studio recording setup. This detail is substantiated by an article titled "MARIUS DE VRIES: Launching A Massive Attack On Madonna" published by Soundonsound, which provides an in-depth look into de Vries' equipment preferences and production techniques.

Marius de Vries, a renowned composer and music producer, utilizes two Yamaha DMP7 submixers in his recording setup, as detailed in an article titled "MARIUS DE VRIES: Launching A Massive Attack On Madonna" by Soundonsound. This source provides a comprehensive look into de Vries' equipment choices, confirming the inclusion of the Yamaha DMP7 mixers among his preferred studio gear.

Marius de Vries uses the Arturia Pigments Wavetable Synthesizer. According to Arturia, de Vries stated, "Been a long time since I got to know a soft-synth that feels so alive! Beautifully designed, original, and deep, and it sounds great."